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RANTXNCULACE2E. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 
strongly diverging. — W. Penn., Ohio. April, May. — Root a tuber¬ 
ous cluster. Stem simple, 6' -12' high. Flowers bright blue. 
3. I>. UZ tiro 11 III, Michx. (Azure Larkspur.) Leare? 
deeply 3-5-parted, the divisions 2-3 times cleft ; the lobes all nar¬ 
rowly linear; raceme straight; spur ascending, usually curved up¬ 
wards ; pods erect. — Ohio ? Wisconsin. May, June. — Stem 1°-* 
high, slender, often softly pubescent. Flowers pale sky-blue, whitish- 
D. Consolida, L., the common annual Garden Larkspur, be 
longing to a section of the genus which has the 4 petals all united 
into one, and a single pistil, has escaped from the gardens into the 
road-sides in some places. — Two or three other species are familiar 
in cultivation. 
15* ACOIHITUM, L. Monk’s-hood or Wolf s-ba>£- 
Sepals 5, very irregular; the upper one hooded or helmet- 
shaped, larger than the others. Petals 2 (the 3 lower wanting 
entirely, or very minute rudiments among the stamens), consisting 
of small spur-shaped bodies raised on long claws and conceals 
under the helmet. Pistils 3-5. Pods several-seeded. Seed- 
coat usually wrinkled or scaly. — Perennials, with palmately deft 
or dissected leaves, and showy flowers in racemes or panicles- 
(Name, it is said, from Acone , in Bithynia.) 
1. A. u lie ill a turn, L. (Wild Monk’s-hood) Stem:- 11 
der, weak, and disposed to climb, with diverging branches; l ea '| 
deeply 3-5-lobed, petioled; the lobes ovate-lanceolate, coarse, 
toothed; helmet obtusely conical, compressed, slightly P°* n * 
beaked in front. —Rich shady soil along streams, Penn, to M * si ° n 
sin, rare. Aug. Stems supporting themselves upon adjacent bus 
&c , often 5°-6° high. Flowers deep blue. 
A. reclinAtcm, Gray, a white-flowered species like A- hy c< 
tonum of Europe, will doubtless be detected in the mountain* 
Pennsylvania.—A. Napellus, the officinal Wolf’s-bane, and # v * 
eral other species, represent the genus in gardens. 
16. ZANTHORHIZA, Marshall. Yellow-R°° t - 
Sepals 5, regular, spreading, deciduous. Petals 5, much srna *‘ 
er than the sepals, concave and 2-lobed, raised on a claw r . 
mens 5 or 10. Pistils 5 — 15, bearing 2 or 3 pendulous o'uk 
Pods 1-seeded, oblong, the short style becoming lateral in 
growth. — A low plant, with shrubby shoots, the bark . 
long roots deep yellow and bitter. Flowers polygamous, ^ 
purple, in compound drooping racemes, appearing, along with 1 
